Name Variants
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Other Potential Sources:
Laurel Name Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/ ("no copy" source)
On-line System for Commentary and Response (OSCAR) - https://oscar.sca.org/ (mine previous submissions, need copies)
Morsulus LoAR/Precedent Searches - http://www.morsulus.org/ ("no copy")
Name Pattern Search Form for registered items - http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_np.cgi
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ (copies required)
Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi ("no copy")
Academy of St. Gabriel "working" bibliography - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-documents/biblio.html
Database of Medieval Names ("index" of the St. Gabriel articles) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/alphalist.php
Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (DMNES) - http://dmnes.org/names
IGI Searches (aka Family Search) - https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi (batches B, C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable)
Biblissima - https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/ - This prototype application allows you to search across IIIF-compliant manuscripts and rare books dated before 1800 coming from many digital libraries in the world.
Omniglot On-line Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages - http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm
Precedents:
- Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
- Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
- Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.
June 2022 Cover Letter - Registering Variant Names
From Pelican: SENA - PN3E
The proposal on Palimpsest's March Rules Letter to allow an individual to register close variants of their name is implemented. We wish to emphasize that all variants of a name must be registered to a single person. If they wish to transfer one of the names, they must either transfer all of the variants to the same person or release the variants not transferred. A variant of a name does count against an individual's registration limit.
While SENA will not be updated online until after the October BoD meeting, the changes are in effect immediately. The new wording is underlined in the text below:
E. Registration with Permission to Conflict: The owner of a registered item may grant permission to conflict to a new submission for either identity conflict or relationship conflict. Such permission may be granted either individually through a letter of permission to conflict or universally through a blanket letter of permission to conflict.
For identity conflict, any change to appearance and sound is sufficient to allow the registration of a personal name with a letter of permission to conflict. A submission identical to the registered item will not be registered even with permission to conflict. However, an individual may register a variant on their name even if the difference is not sufficient to allow registration to someone else even with permission to conflict. An individual who registers a variant on their name under this section may not later transfer that variant to another person unless all variants of the name are transferred to the same person or released.
For example, Nicholas Smith could register Nicolas Smith or Nicholas Smyth even though the change of a single letter does not change the name in a way that someone else could register it, even with permission to conflict, as the names are identical in sound. Similarly, the change from verch to ferch does not, by itself, make a name non-identical but Jenet verch Griffith could register Jenet ferch Griffith.
For example, the change from Gwenhwyfar Win to Guenivere Win while visually significant does not change the sound, thus would generally not be registrable even with permission to conflict, but the same person may register both forms.
For example, Gwenhwyfar Win could not transfer Guenivere Win to another person even with permission to conflict. However, she could transfer both Gwenhwyfar Win and Guenivere Win to the same person. Or she could transfer Guenivere Win and release Gwenhwyfar Win.
For relationship conflict, a letter of permission to claim relationship from the owner of the registered item is sufficient to allow the registration of a personal name. This does not require demonstrating that the individual has that legal relationship. You can give a stranger permission to have a name that appears to be the name of your child, parent, or spouse.
https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2022/06/22-06cl.html#3
Collected Precedents:
- Compiled Names Precedents (current through May 2004, as of 10/2016) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/index.html
- 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - to be included in Compiled Names Precedents above
- 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - ditto
- The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - http:heraldry.sca.org/goodbye.cgi?url=http:www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/nameprec.html
- The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/name.html
- The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - included in Compiled Names Precedents above
- The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elsbeth/name.html (included in above)
- The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/jaelleret.html (also in CNP above)
- The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/daud2ret.html (also in CNP above)
- The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/Bruceret.html (also in CNP above)
- The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1ret.html (also in CNP above)
- The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/AlisounRet.html
- The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/baldwinret.html
- The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - in Compiled Names Precedents above
- The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - in Compiled Names Precedents above
- The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - in Compiled Names Precedents above
WARNING: Do not cite this page as a reference. This page is on this wiki only to make the content "searchable" and easier to find. If you find the information you seek here, go to the original sources (generally linked) to verify the information and use them for your documentation.